I’ve Been This Way Too Long – Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
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Hmm (oh ain’t he cute) ah
Well, I don’t like to get up if I feel like sleeping No, and I don’t like to sweep my floors if I don’t feel like sweeping If you don’t like the way I am then you can move along You can’t change the way I am, I’ve been this way too long
I’ve been this way too long and you can’t ever change me now Don’t waste your time tryin’ ’cause I am just what I am I’ve got my way of doin’ things and who can say I’m wrong You can’t change the way I am, I’ve been this way too long
Oh, and I don’t like to make my bed if I don’t feel like makin’ it No, and I don’t like to bake no bread if I don’t feel like bakin’ it If you don’t like the way I am then you can move along ‘Cause you can’t change the way I am, I’ve been this way too long
Well, I don’t like to hoe no corn if I don’t feel like hoein’ it (You should, you’re corny) And I don’t like to mow no grass if I don’t feel like mowin’ it (I know it’s comin’ through the upstairs window) If you don’t like the way I am then you can move along You can’t change the way I am, I’ve been this way too long
I’ve been this way too long and you can’t ever change me now Don’t waste your time tryin’ ’cause I am just what I am I’ve got my way of doin’ things and who can say I’m wrong You can’t change the way I am, I’ve been this way too long
Oh, as far as I can remember back, you have been this way (And as long as you remember I will be, honey) When you was in the first grade you was exact the same way (First grade, I was waitin’ for the second) You swiped the pencils and scattered paper all over the desk (Oh, that’s real cute you’re makin’ up stuff now)